Scholars@Duke
Gaurav Arya

Gaurav Arya

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
gaurav.arya@duke.edu
3383 Fitzpatrick Center (CIEMAS), Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests

Molecular modeling, molecular simulations, statistical mechanics, coarse-graining, machine learning, polymer and colloidal physics, polymer-nanoparticle composites, chromatin biophysics, DNA nanotechnology, viral DNA packaging, single-molecule force spectroscopy, nanoscale transport

Selected Grants

Collaborative Research: DMREF: Architecting DNA nanodevices into metamaterials, transducing materials, and assembling materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027

Programmable Mesoscale Self-Assembly at Nanopatterned Surfaces.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2020 - 2027

UC San Diego MRSEC: an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Diego · 2020 - 2026

Computational Design of Antibody-Drug-Excipient Nanoparticles

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

The DNA Packaging Motor of Bacteriophage Phi29

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2021 - 2025

NRT-HDR: Harnessing AI for Autonomous Material Design

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipants · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2025

DMREF: Collaborative Research: DNA-based sensing, communicating, and phase-separating materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2024

EFRI CEE: DNA origami tools to engineer chromatin structure and function in live cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ohio State University · 2019 - 2024

Linking Kinetics, Subunit Coordination, and Structure of a Viral DNA Packaging Motor

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Diego · 2017 - 2021